Nine stories, six of them belonging to the Eight Worlds universe.

Introduction by Algis Budrys.

The Phantom of Kansas
Nominated, 1979 Hugo Award; 1979 Locus Poll Award, Best Novelette (Place: 4)

Air Raid
Basis of film and novel, Millennium

Retrograde Summer
Nominated, 1975 Nebula Award; 1975 Locus Poll Award, Best Novelette (Place: 4)

The Black Hole Passes
1976 Locus Poll Award, Best Novelette (Place: 9)

In the Hall of the Martian Kings
1976 Locus Poll Award, Best Novella (Place: 6); nominated, 1978 Hugo Award, 1978 Ditmar Award

In the Bowl
1976 Locus Poll Award, Best Novelette (Place: 7); nominated, 1976 Nebula Award

Gotta Sing, Gotta Dance
1977 Locus Poll Award, Best Novelette (Place: 3); nominated 1977 Hugo Award

Overdrawn at the Memory Bank
1977 Locus Poll Award, Best Novelette (Place: 10)

The Persistence of Vision
Winner, 1976 Nebula Award, 1979 Locus Poll Award, 1979 Hugo Award